Updates - Asean

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government continues to encourage the promotion of democracy and human rights in the Southeast Asian region, Foreign Ministry Director General of ASEAN Cooperation, Jose Tavares, said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Singapore (ANTARA News) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the United States of America to strengthen its economic cooperation with the ASEAN member countries based on a win-win solution instead of a zero sum game.

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Trade cooperation between China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states has jumped from US$55 billion to US$514 billion in 2017, or nearly tenfold within 15 years since both sides established strategic partnership in 2003.

Phuket, Thailand: Director for Legal Affairs and Regional Issues as Speaker in ASEAN China Worshop. Mr Bebeb AKN Djundjunan, Director for Legal Affairs and Regional Issues, served as speaker in the ASEAN China Workshop on Marine Environment Protection in the South China Sea, in Phuket, (11-13/7)